Iyer & Sellmer Consulting
India and Germany, from both sides of the table.
Two principals — one in New Delhi, one in Berlin. Thirty-six years inside India’s government and defence establishment. Twenty-five years in German banking and corporate finance. We open the right doors in both countries, and we help structure what happens once you are through them.
Two principals, one capability
Who you are dealing with
Iyer & Sellmer Consulting Private Limited is an Indian company with its two directors in New Delhi and Berlin. German-speaking clients work directly with our Berlin-based director, Uwe Sellmer — in German, on German business hours, in German business practice. Engagement terms can provide for German or English contract language, invoicing in euro, and neutral governing law and arbitration where a client requires it. Our full legal details are in the [Legal Notice]. We take the view that you should never have to wonder who you are dealing with.
We are a new firm. The people are not.
Iyer & Sellmer Consulting was formed in 2026. We do not publish client case studies, because we do not yet have a client list of our own to draw them from — and we would rather tell you that than present someone else’s work as ours.
What we can offer instead is people who will vouch for us by name. Both principals can put you in touch with former colleagues, counterparties and clients from three decades of professional life in each country, chosen to match the question you actually want answered. Ask, and we will arrange the conversation.
How our references work →What we do
Market Entry Assessment
An honest answer, before you spend serious money: is the other market viable for your business, in what form, and what will it take? Four to six weeks, fixed fee, ending in a recommendation — including, where that is the honest answer, no.
Partner Search and Vetting
The right partner is the single biggest determinant of success in either direction. We find candidates through our own networks rather than directories, qualify them commercially and financially, verify what can be verified, and tell you what could not be.
Entity Setup and Compliance
Company formation, registrations and ongoing compliance in India or Germany, delivered with named partner firms under our coordination, so you have one point of accountability.
Joint Venture and Transaction Structuring
Where the engagement becomes a deal: shareholding and governance design, commercial agreements, financing structure and negotiation support in the room.
Defence and Dual-Use Market Access
A dedicated practice for defence, security and dual-use companies in both directions, led personally by a former Defence Attaché. Read more →
Our delivery network
Specialist work is delivered by named partner firms in both countries, under our coordination and disclosed to you.
Adjacent requirements — recruitment, logistics, IT, marketing — are delivered through this network and always disclosed as such.
Membership
Sanjay Iyer is a member of the BWA – Bundesverband für Wirtschaftsförderung und Außenwirtschaft (Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade), Berlin. Uwe Sellmer was appointed to the BWA Senate.
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Sanjay Iyer with Michael Schumann, Chairman of the BWA, Berlin, December 2024.
Uwe Sellmer receiving his appointment to the BWA Senate from Michael Schumann, Berlin.
Talk to a principal
Thirty minutes, without cost or obligation, with one of our two directors — and you will know whether it is worth going further.